Children with cancer: WHO estimates 55-85% in low- and middle-income countries get no treatment

Nearly 69% of southeast Asia’s cases of acute lymphoid leukemia, the most common cancer in children, were in India

Scientists identify protein that aids in cancer relapse

Cancer stem cells that lack expression of NKG2D-L on their surface survive chemotherapy as well as escape the body's immune defence 

Despite huge cancer burden, India has only 0.4 million blood stem cell donors

The demand and supply gap is widening as people don’t register themselves as donors due to lack of awareness about the issue

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Safe chemotherapy

Ayurvedic cure

A proposal to set up ayurvedic centres in hospitals across the country to treat cancer patients is on the anvil